Today, Donald Trump imagined the response of a dead man who was killed by police to new U.S. jobs numbers.
Trump said George Floyd’s reaction to the jobs numbers would have been that it's a great thing.
“Hopefully George is looking down right now and saying this is a great thing that’s happening for our country. This is a great day for him, it’s a great day for everybody.”
Yes, this is a real thing the president just said.
President Trump: "Hopefully George is looking down right now and saying this is a great thing that is happening for our country."@MichaelSteele: “It’s not only tone-deaf, it’s borderline blasphemous in light of what happened to Mr. Floyd.” pic.twitter.com/NLb9sPel5D
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 5, 2020